Core sees 8% growth in staked tokens as it increases its reward tiers
Core Blockchain Overview - November 20, 2025
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The Core blockchain by the numbers
Network’s daily transactions: 135.3K (-31.07%)
Total unique addresses: 69.1M (+0.49%)
ERC-20 daily tokens transferred: 16K (-28.25%)
Total CORE delegated: 258.6M (+6.63%)
Total BTC staked: 3,197 (-24.56%)
These metrics are accurate at the time of publication. The percentage change is over a 14-day period.
Inside the network
🔸What we’re watching: As of mid-November, staked CORE on the network was up 8% to 258.6 million since the fourth quarter began on October 1.
🔸Why it matters: The 19 million increase in staked tokens was driven by the Core DAO approving higher thresholds for dual-staking tiers.
A recent governance proposal approved an increase in dual-staking tier thresholds, which roughly doubled the required CORE-to-BTC ratios (Boost Tier now ~8,500:1, Super ~25,500:1, Satoshi ~68,000:1). As a result, dual stakers topped up their CORE delegations to preserve or regain their previous yield multiplier.
The proposal was designed to strengthen CORE’s utility and keep yields sustainable as bitcoin staking grows. This, in turn, reinforces the BTCfi flywheel: more locked CORE means greater miner delegation weight, resulting in stronger security and continued incentive to stay in top tiers.
🔸The bigger picture: Looking ahead, as more community members and institutions running Tier Satoshi vaults add staked CORE, they will help Core towards its north star of become bitcoin’s default yield layer.
This 8% post-update increase in staked tokens shows that Core’s rewards are attractive enough to make users want to add to their locked amounts.
Ecosystem highlights
Core’s Hermes Hardfork upgrade, which will bring six-second finality and consecutive block production, is set to go live on mainnet on November 25
BTC-FI Accelerator kicked off its 11-week program for founders building staking and yield products on Core
Core Earn saw its TVL rise 37% to $4M compared to last week
Check out the Core blog for more updates.
Delve into the Core community
DeSyn TVL on Core is up 41% to $128.4M compared to last week for its multi-chain yield vault
B14g launched its merge marketplace on Babylon
Mezzamine launched a bitcoin yield platform that connects idle bitcoin to miners via onchain secured credit facilities
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